YES. YES. YES. For years, fans of of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series have dreamed of this day. And now it is here. It has been confirmed that remasters of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 are hitting PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC later this year. The news was announced on Twitter by the game’s official account, with […]

6 years ago

Washing your hands is a common and normal thing. We all wash our hands and we all think we’re doing it correctly. Some soap, some water and then dry them off. But are we actually doing it correctly? With the outbreak of the coronavirus around the world, personal hygiene is more important than ever, and […]

6 years ago

If you’ve gone home for Christmas and can’t get to the gym, beat the festive bulge by putting these five easy exercises into plan

6 years ago

The JOE Friday Pub Quiz is here again, baby! Some days and dates herald in traditions each year. On December 25 we gather around the yule log and eat turkey to celebrate the birth of ET, the Extra Terrestrial, and on March 17 we wear little red hoodies to commemorate when ET, the Extra Terrestrial, […]

7 years ago

The king is dead, long live the king Rich Cooper is not dead, dear quizzers – he is immortal so there is no need to worry about that – but he is OOO this week, meaning that his trusty steed (me) has stepped in to inject some quiz action into your veins this week. It […]

7 years ago

You can do it. A recent poll conducted and published by YouGov saw the research firm ask UK citizens whether they believed that they would be capable of winning a point in a tennis match against Serena Williams. Bear in mind before we go any further that Serena Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles […]

7 years ago

Welcome back folks. If you like small town America and monsters from nightmarish netherworlds then you’re probably already a very big fan of the Netflix series Stranger Things. The show is set in a fictional American town, where four friends are living idyllic and comfortable suburban lives before the introduction of a mysterious young girl turns […]

7 years ago

E3 is one of the biggest events in the gaming year. If you are a fan of gaming, or a ‘gamer’ as they are now commonly known, then you are probably keeping up to date with E3 with at least some degree of interest. Life is busy though, and we don’t all have time to […]

7 years ago

The film, about an Irish convict in Australia, was being screened at the Sydney Film Festival. A number of attendees at the Sydney Film Festival’s premiere of the new Australian historical thriller The Nightingale walked out within the first hour due to the gratuity of the scenes involved. The film, a period revenge thriller set in […]

7 years ago

Greetings traveler, my name is Falconhoof, and I will be your guide on your quiz. That isn’t true. My name isn’t Falconhoof, but it also isn’t Rich Cooper. No, Rich Cooper – Quizmaster In Chief – your usually reliable quiz man, is occupied elsewhere right now. Maybe he’s stuck with his foot in the toilet, […]

7 years ago

Well, this is certainly something. Welcome to #TrailerChest, where we’re taking a sneak peek at the first official trailer for Rambo: Last Blood, and it is a humdinger. Set to the tune of Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’, the first teaser trailer for the film shows John Rambo – played of course by Sylvester Stallone – seeking revenge […]

7 years ago

Come and get ’em, nerds. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling will release four new tales from the world of the bespectacled wizard next month, in the form of ebooks which will elaborate even more on the lore of the books. Fresh from revealing on Twitter that wizards shit themselves and simply vanish it away with […]

7 years ago

No strings attached. All Sky television customers will receive free access to the service’s full catalogue of box sets this week. Sky has said that anyone subscribed with a Sky package will get two weeks’ worth of access to box sets – with the offer running from 25 May to 9 June. The offer is […]

7 years ago

What a tragic end to a tragic night. The United Kingdom finished bottom of the 2019 Eurovision final with just 16 points, but unfortunately for singer Michael Rice the organisers of the contest have now revealed that – days later – that score has been lowered to 11. Michael Rice’s song Bigger Than Us was quite […]

7 years ago

Listen to JOE’s brand new GOT reaction show, The North Awaits, with Michael Fry & Carl Kinsella right here. Bran Stark is the King of Westeros. Game of Thrones is over after 73 episodes across eight long seasons and the world of George R.R. Martin’s creation is at peace in a very twisted and sordid way. Throughout […]

7 years ago

Listen to JOE’s brand new Game Of Thrones reaction show, The North Awaits, with Michael Fry & Carl Kinsella right here. That cup, that fucking cup… Never in the history of the world has a cup made such a shit storm since the Starbucks cup that was spotted in the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. […]

7 years ago

The long-awaited traditional post-credits scene is finally here When Marvel fans went to see Avengers: Endgame upon its release two weeks ago, many noted the absence of something which has become traditional in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: a post-credits scene. All of the recent MCU films have had one which has appeared at the end setting up […]

7 years ago

As Game of Thrones enters its final episodes, the show’s creator has expressed dissatisfaction at how his work has been adapted for television. Game of Thrones has become a television phenomenon since first hitting our screens in April 2011. Now in its eighth and final season, the HBO behemoth has taken us across seven kingdoms, two […]

7 years ago

The tweet was sent shortly after the birth of the Royal baby. BBC presenter Danny Baker has tweeted to say that he has been fired by the BBC, less than a day after he sent a tweet which was deemed racist by a number of people. The tweet in question showed a man and a […]

7 years ago

Listen to JOE’s brand new GOT reaction show, The North Awaits, with Michael Fry & Carl Kinsella right here.  Does Westeros require a balance between good and evil? To get the inevitable out of the way, spoilers are coming… The Night King is dead. So long buddy, it’s been a wild ride. But now everything can […]

7 years ago

Listen to JOE’s brand new GOT reaction show, The North Awaits, with Michael Fry & Carl Kinsella right here.  What the fuck was he thinking? At the end of the Battle of Winterfell, all was (fairly) well with the world of Westeros. After an intense battle which saw a couple of likeable though ultimately (plot-wise) unnecessary […]

7 years ago

She is not to be fucked with. Listen to JOE’s brand new GOT reaction show, The North Awaits, with Michael Fry & Carl Kinsella right here.  Arya Stark is one of the most badass characters – not only in Game of Thrones history – but television and film history. From the moment we first saw her in season […]

7 years ago

Now you can be one of the Peaky Blinders. You know how it is. You’ve got the haircut, you’ve got the waistcoat and shirt with the grandad collar, you’ve got the long jacket and you’ve even got the stupid cap. Unfortunately, you are still not one of the Peaky Blinders. It doesn’t matter how many […]

7 years ago

Listen to JOE’s brand new GOT reaction show, The North Awaits, with Michael Fry & Carl Kinsella right here.  Game of Thrones has lots of characters. When you have a show that spans two continents, seven kingdoms and eight seasons you are going to be introduced to a lot of people along the way. Some of […]

7 years ago

The PlayStation 5 could hit shelves as early as next year. The possible price and a list of potential launch titles for the PlayStation 5 have been revealed in a report on Monday. According to the report by Comic Book, a person claiming to be a European developer working on an unannounced PlayStation 5 launch title […]

7 years ago

Time to test your memory… Liverpool and Chelsea, though not traditional rivals, have played each other in a number of tasty encounters throughout the years. Both teams are regularly chasing trophies, but another similarity that the two share is that they have both had an awful lot of rather obscure players in the past decade […]

7 years ago

The defence secretary has said he is “appalled” by the allegations The British Army has released an unprecedented video on its YouTube channel following recent allegations of sexual assault and a video which showed soldiers using a picture of Jeremy Corbyn for target practice. The video, which features chief of the general staff, General Sir Mark […]

7 years ago

May has also said she will sit down with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a plan on the UK’s exit from the EU. Theresa May issued a statement at Downing Street on Tuesday evening in which she confirmed that the United Kingdom required a further extension to Article 50. The statement followed seven hours […]

7 years ago

The number of 18 to 29-year-olds reporting no sex in the past year more than doubled in the last decade. The share of men under 30 in the USA who aren’t having sex has nearly tripled between 2008 and 2018, according to data published in the Washington Post. In 2008, roughly 10 percent of men under […]

7 years ago

A new HBO mini-series is never a bad thing. HBO is renowned for the quality of its programming. There’s been a few duds here and there throughout its history but shows like The Sopranos, The Wire, Game of Thrones and True Detective have given the network a reputation for televisual excellence. Their mini-series in particular have been hugely impressive, with companion […]

7 years ago

The missing pilot did not hold a “night rating” on his pilot’s licence. David Ibbotson, the pilot of the plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala which crashed over the English Channel on January 21, was not qualified to fly at night, according to a BBC report. Ibbotson, who remains missing since the crash, was believed to […]

7 years ago

Not a laughing matter, but very funny. The thought of a plane landing in a city and a country that it was not intended to land in evokes a very different response depending on the context surrounding it. For example, if you are on said plane then it is not funny at all and is […]

7 years ago

This could shake things up. Apple has announced a new streaming service called Apple TV+ in which subscribers will only pay for the channels they want. Announced at Monday’s Apple Event, the new service will allow viewers to pay for only what they watch, watch shows offline as well as on, and share shows with […]

7 years ago

A huge crowd is expected in the capital for the People’s Vote march. Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets of London on Saturday afternoon to march for a People’s Vote. Marchers are expected to walk through the streets from the afternoon onwards as part of a campaign to bring […]

7 years ago

Streisand said she felt bad for the alleged victims but refused to blame Jackson. Barbra Streisand has sparked controversy by claiming that Michael Jackson’s accusers, namely James Safechuck and Wade Robson whose allegations were highlighted in the documentary Leaving Neverland, were “thrilled” to be at the singer’s Neverland ranch. The singer and actress said that she believed […]

7 years ago

Stick to bending spoons, mate. Brexit is at something of an impasse. Over the last few weeks we have seen Theresa May’s Brexit deal being rejected and the European Union accepting her request for an extension to Brexit. Britain will receive a short extension if parliament accepts her Brexit deal, but now it has emerged […]

7 years ago

Oh Janet, you didn’t need to do that. Imagine being fifth billing for Glastonbury, the biggest festival in the United Kingdom? It would be pretty great, wouldn’t it? Even if you were a very famous person already, it would still be pretty cool. You definitely wouldn’t go and edit yourself higher up the billing like […]

7 years ago

The shooting occurred on a tram in the city of Utrecht on Monday morning. Dutch police have confirmed that they are a 37-year-old Turkish-born man named Gökman Tanis in connection with the fatal shooting which took place on a tram in the city of Utrecht on Monday. One person has been confirmed dead in the shooting […]

7 years ago

The woman left her baby at an airport in Saudi Arabia. A plane flying from Saudi Arabia for Malaysia was forced to turn around after a woman realised that she had forgotten her baby at the the airport. Video footage of the pilot explaining the unusual incident to air traffic controllers shows him asking if […]

7 years ago

The flight from Istanbul to New York hit turbulence 45 minutes before landing. As many as 30 people have been injured after a flight travelling from the Turkish city of Istanbul to New York hit severe turbulence over the state of Maine. The turbulence is believed to have hit the flight 45 minutes before it […]

7 years ago

There appears to be no lack of appetite for Game of Thrones. For months now there has been fevered anticipation from fans of HBO’s Game of Thrones as we get closer and closer to the release of the latest and final season of the show. Who will take the Iron Throne? Will the humans be […]

7 years ago

Two of the stamps were identified as the 2018 Wedding stamp, which were released by An Post in 2018. An Garda Síochána are assisting the Metropolitan Police after it was discovered that two of the explosive devices discovered in London on Tuesday were posted using Irish stamps. Met Police confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that three […]

7 years ago

Reigns returned to Monday Night Raw to confirm the news to fans. WWE star Roman Reigns returned to Monday Night Raw and announced that his cancer is in remission. Four months after announcing the return of the leukaemia he had fought privately 11 years prior, Reigns took to the ring to tell the delighted fans […]

7 years ago

A boy too good for this world. As we grow older and we experience what life has to offer we come to learn that politicians rarely follow through entirely with what they promise. They publish manifestos that promise the world, before scaling things back – bit by bit – once elected. This is universal the […]

7 years ago

The English actress was a popular choice for Best Actress. Olivia Colman, the actress best known for her role as Sophie in British comedy Peep Show, won the Academy Award for Best Actress on a night of surprises at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Colman won out over heavy favourite Glenn Close for her […]

7 years ago

Sponsored by   It’s one of the Premier League’s most anticipated ties Manchester United and Liverpool are two of the most successful sides in English football history and this is reflected in their fierce rivalry. Liverpool are current league leaders and are riding high under Jurgen Klopp, while Manchester United will be happy with a fourth […]

7 years ago

If there was meant to be an applause, God would have provided one. Mike Pence is a deeply religious man. The vice-president of the United States is a staunch Republican and firm believer in the bible and as such strongly supports turning the other cheek, treating others how he would like to be treated, low […]

7 years ago

It is one of the most highly-anticipated dance festivals going, and 2019’s Creamfields looks set to be a banger. Creamfields released the wave of acts for its 2019 line up on Thursday, with deadmau5, Adam Beyer  Cirez D, The Chemical Brothers headlining, as well as Swedish House Mafia who will performing in what is their […]

7 years ago

The FaceTime glitch can also turn on video on an Apple device without the person’s knowledge. A serious glitch has been found in Apple’s FaceTime application which allows callers to listen to the person they are calling, before they have even answered the call. The flaw, which was first reported by 9to5Mac, allows callers to […]

7 years ago

Rooney is currently playing in Major League Soccer with D.C. United. Wayne Rooney has been arrested for public intoxication and swearing charges in Washington D.C. The offence, according to court documents posted online by ABC 7 journalist Erin Hawksworth, took place on 16 December. Rooney was released on his own recognisance after being arrested and […]

7 years ago